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linnow

linnow adjective: flexible, supple.

Adjective

linnow (comparative more linnow, superlative most linnow)

  1. (Shropshire, dialectal, especially, obsolete, Worcestershire) Flexible, supple.
    • Baynyngmaketh the skynne linnowe or soupulle.1528 (1535), Paynel, Salerne's Regim.,, page 108 b
    • "I'm as linnow now as ever."1877, "an aged man", quoted in The Montgomeryshire Collections, page 216

Forms of linnow

comparativemore linnow
superlativemost linnow
alternative form (archaic)lennow

Origin of linnow

Uncertain; perhaps from West Midland Middle English lengh, lenghe (“length”), with vocalisation of final /x/ and the original meaning being "lengthy, slender", though some trace of both the formal and semantic development would be expected already in Middle English.

Questions about linnow

What does linnow mean?
Linnow means flexible, supple.
What part of speech is linnow?
Linnow is an adjective.

Words near linnow in the dictionary

  1. Linnie
  2. linnies
  3. linning
  4. linnorm
  5. linnorms
  6. linnow
  7. linns
  8. linny
  9. Linnæan
  10. Linné
  11. lino

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